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This mainly affects off-road riders, and can be ameliorated by shifting the weight forward, applying steady pressure to the pedals, and using tires with more aggressive tread. Another disadvantage of PBFWD for some riders is a slightly longer "learning curve" due to adaptation to the pedal-steer effect (forces applied to the pedal can actually ...
A recliner Recliner aboard a business jet. A recliner is an armchair or sofa that reclines when the occupant lowers the chair's back and raises its front. [1] [2] It has a backrest that can be tilted back, and often a footrest that may be extended by means of a lever on the side of the chair, or may extend automatically when the back is reclined.
The Chrysler Crossfire is a rear-wheel drive, two-seat sports car, marketed by Chrysler and manufactured by Karmann of Germany for the 2004 through 2008 model years. Developed during the period when Chrysler and Mercedes Benz had merged, known as Daimler Chrysler , the two-seater uses the Mercedes-Benz R170 platform and shares 80% of its ...
The marine environment is particularly severe and people exposed to these conditions may experience unusually high injury rates. [5] Shock-mitigating suspension seats are related to the blast seats used to protect personnel from IEDs in armored vehicles and the crash seats used in military helicopters. Unlike these other seats, however, shock ...
Produced by French coachbuilding specialist Heuliez, the Macarena's top can be folded in 60 seconds, [54] with a steel reinforcing beam behind the front seats incorporating LCD screens for the rear passengers into the crossmember. [54] Off-road: Several off-road vehicles have been produced with removable soft tops. [55]
Featherbed frames were also successfully modified for use in off-road racing or motorcycle scrambling. [ 25 ] [ full citation needed ] In the 1950s, Ron Hankin designed a featherbed-inspired Moto Cross frame for Les Archer junior , having curved downtubes to allow for greater front suspension movement without fouling the wheel on the frame, and ...
The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon also adopted a frameless bubble canopy in conjunction with a raised and reclined seat that granted unobstructed forward and upward vision. [9] The canopy of the F-16 comprises a single piece of bird-proof polycarbonate ; it lacks the forward bow frame found on many fighters, which is an obstruction to a ...
A pop-up canopy. A number of frame tents at the Portland Farmers Market. Semi-permanent gazebos at a holiday resort. A pop-up canopy (or portable gazebo or frame tent in some countries) is a shelter that collapses down to a size that is portable. Typically, canopies of this type come in sizes from five feet by five feet to ten feet by twenty feet.